Through an in-depth analysis of Ball’s book on Morbo, Jonty explores the subtle yet permeating interaction of Spanish linguistics with Spanish football. Additional reporting of how Morbo actualises in real-life instances of rivalry, Jonty warns us that, despite the safer-becoming nature of the English game, Spanish football plods on in the opposite direction…

What does it mean to be à la mode in Paris? How do the Parisians always appear so effortlessly chic? In this ode to the simple things in life, staff writer Chiara Lewis explores the timeless beauty of the French capital.

In this article, Geordie Cheetham looks at Houellebecq’s first published work, a biography of the American author H. P. Lovecraft. How does disgust with the modern world become a fitting object of literary study, when Houellebecq approvingly cites Lovecraft’s disdain for all forms of realism? And what does a corpse surrounded by shopping trolleys Nouvelles Galeries have to do with it?

We are told that love is a primal force: innate, ahistorical, transcendental and above society. But how can something be truly innate if it is a concept that exists within the act of telling? CLC Columnist Mila Edensor explores such intriguing questions in this excellent analysis of early modern Portuguese poetry. From the unrequited love of men in the late 1500s, to the ‘passport bro’ of today, Edensor skilfully explores what this obscure poetry can mean for us today.

In this intriguing column, CLC Columnist Geordie Cheetham expertly explores the man behind some of France’s most popular tales of anomie and despair: Michel Houellebecq.

Accompanied by an English translation, Nadia Sorabji Stewart offers an intriguing interview with co-curator of the Nicolas de Staël exhibition at the Paris Musée d’art moderne. Providing an introduction to the world of de Staël and insights into curatorial practices, this probing interview is not to be missed.

In this probing article, CLC staff writer Faith Martin delivers an insightful commentary on the hidden background of Yugoslav Turbofolk. She explores the historical, political and societal facets of this genre and, in doing so, uncovers the secrets of this unique musical movement.